Historical inventory maps of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, photo: Marcus Kenzler

Call for papers: transfer – Journal for Provenance Research and the History of Collection

Interested scholars are invited to contribute articles to the next issue of the journal transfer by 1 May 2024.

transfer is a scholarly publication on provenance research and the history of collections, also addressing related fields of research such as art market research, reception history, cultural sociology and legal history. The articles are published digitally in Diamond Open Access. The journal is institutionally affiliated with the Research Centre for Provenance Research, Art and Cultural Property Law (Forschungsstelle Provenienzforschung, Kunst- und Kulturgutschutzrecht) at the University of Bonn and is financially supported by the DFG (German Research Foundation). The project partner is Heidelberg University Library via arthistoricum.net.

transfer regards itself as a transdisciplinary, cross-epoch and international journal. It primarily addresses a scholarly audience. In addition to established scholars, transfer also seeks to provide early-career researchers with a platform for the broad-based and barrier-free publication of their own research results. The editors welcome contributions in German or English on the following topics:

  • Art and cultural property transfer
  • Art and cultural property law
  • Remembrance culture, cultural identity, collective memory
  • Collections, history of collecting
  • Art trade, art market research
  • Arts policy
  • Sociology of art and culture
  • Restitution, return, repatriation
  • Provenance research on individual objects or object groups
  • Relevant archive and source material

For further details, see https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de or redaktion.transfer@uni-bonn.de.

The editorial deadline for the third annual issue of 2024 is 1 May 2024.